Senecio vulgaris

Senecio vulgaris

Senecio vulgaris

Common Groundsel

Binomial:

Senecio vulgaris

Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) is a cosmopolitan (world-wide) annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a common weed of agricultural fields, gardens, and other areas of exposed and regularly disturbed ground.

There are several other species of Groundsel, all of which are typically weedy but with usually more attractive flowers in as much as they have ray florets ("petals") around the margin of the flower head like most other members of the Daisy family.